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Published on November 18th 2003
There is no easy way to write this review. Many of you clicked here hoping to read a straight-up bashing of anything Blink-182 related; you won't find it here. I have been a fan of the band for 6 years, and have never wavered even in all their "unpunk" practices. To me, it's the music that matters, not the commercialism behind it. If you write good songs, I will listen to them. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
Now seriously, in all fucking honesty for someone that has listened to this album enough to grasp the songs, tell me it's complete shit. I really don't think anyone that is being honest to themselves apart from their "They're on MTV. Fuck them" side can say that this album is not fucking amazing, as all of their albums tend to be. Fucking amazing. This album is honest and very personal. Love it. not my favorite album by blink, but i still love it! get cheshire cat or dude ranch instead. it's more......... punk. Honestly, I really don't like this album. I love blink 182 (they of course got me into the alternative genres), and I love the thought of them trying to go deeper, but, this album, to me fails miserably. There are a couple of good tracks, but most of it just sound like shit. Feeling This is terrible. The album was a major disappointment, considering TOYPAJ was so good. I wanted to like this album, I really did, but I can't award them the fact of creating a good album just because it was different. usualy a pop-punk band that slows down their song turn to shit...blink doesnt follow the rule... no , bad Best blink 182 album. They kick ass. I luv the songs on the cd like Down, ALways, Feeling This, I miss you and the song that also deserves a video....Go. Am I the only one who thinks "The Fallen Interlude" sounds like Limp Bizkit? Fuck all you mother fuckers that think blink 182 sucks, half of the fucking bands out today have said that blink has had a major influence on them along with green day, so fuck you blink will always be remembered and toms new band angels and airwaves will blow you fuckers away so just wait till you hear that shit If you like blink than you'll like this album.... ppl that dont like one album b'cuz its different r retards.. BLINK 182 rock... they r the best band in the work.. they r so punk-rock.... all blinks music is the bomb.. and no one should say other wise.... and if they do... u r just a small peice of shit floating in the mindless world and u dont make up to b anything or anyone... at least blink got sum where in life, they must b good other wise they wouldnt b famous and makin' money now would they!??!? so that my opinion... good bye and farewell Blink 182's "untitled" CD definetly was a more sophisticated, emotional, and a touch of the darker side of blink. The lyrics were a lot more sentimental, lustful and personal. By listening to the CD you can tell that every aspect was well thought through and somewhat flawless in what Blink was aiming for. I think this band is flippen awsome! Who ever doesn't think this is punk-rock, doesn't need to be on this site, because they don't know what punk is. hey dude my name is ace and i think its a cool cd. to the guy who gave blink a review In the current pop-music scene, money can buy you "good" musicians and producers to make your album sound more "artsy" or to give it "more integrity"... This album is a perfect example of that, and it comes across as an attempt to satisfy anxious blink fans and naysayers alike. But it didn't fool this naysayer... it a good mother fugen album and it is relly good yea it is relly good and i love it like a fat kid loves cake cause it "so punk rock." i love it its like thare is a party in my mouth and evry ones invited. if you like blink 182, the starting line, and new found glory, check out this really awesome band Stanley. listen to them at this link: www.purevolume.com/stanley Ok faggots you can stop bitching about how bad blink 182 sucks in the end you just wasted a crap load of time writing it, so fuck off blink 182 is awesome The cd is really good, i mena,yes,blink has become a commercial band but the songs are good and i liked this album a lot. But i wouldn't really call it "punk" cause the style has completely changed. But still, they've done a good job Dude they fucking rock This is by far the best cd blink ever released! dude, you need a better lifelong dream than seeing these guys live. i love them, but they cant play live worth shit. i didnt even know what song they were playing most of the time until the lyrics started. This album wasm undoubtably shocking the date I bought it to hear - November 18th 2003 (Release date in UK) u no wut? i think this cd is not as good as the others!!! the music is awful, not 2 mention blink182 reallly lost it. a little word of advice, lose the 80's stuff. their music was actually better than this load of crap... the band are good but thats not the underlining issue here, the cheese cake is high calorie but it tastes good, i mean have any of you even been to the cheese cake cafe? if you have youd know that glasgow rangers rule! I think that this cd is -okay- For years upon years I have heard bashings on Blinki-182. I have been fans of there's since I can remember. I can still remember hearing M&M for the first time in there CD Chesire Cat and when they followed that with a great CD in Dude Ranch. Up to there, everybody liked Blink-182. They were not sellouts, they were punk rockers at there fullest. they changed their music way too much, they used to be actually somewhat decent, now the only one worth shit in that band is travis cause he's fuckin great i meant "change "music they put out " to "taste"".sorry wasnt thinkin. blink-182.to put it in simplest terms they are like ghetto cheese cake.you like their music they put out, but you hate them because they are sellouts.(same goes 4 ghetto cheesecake , just change "sound" to "taste" and "sellouts" to "from k-mart") so you bash boxcar and you ebrace this???you've liked the band for 6 years but cracked on them in said boxcar review??hmm...sounds like someone did want his punk card two years ago. this album owns. i love cheese cake and once went to the cheese cake cafe were i had cheese cake and a large cola type drink but it to me was closser to a regular. i dont care what anyone says this is a GOOD cd. All the "punk rock" people suck. NOFX blows. They are just as genaric as Good Charolette. They copy of all the other "true punk" bands. Everything Rancid sucks after And Out Come The Wolves. All these "true punk rockers" need to face it that kind of punk died when Operation Ivy quit. This record rocks end of story. I think this Cd is ok.... But live, man do they suck it. To me, it's impossible to listen to music and ignoring the degree of commercialism behind it. It means everything to a band's credibility and sincerety. All I know is, any dude that listened to the Cure in my high school was automatically a fag. I definitely don't like the previous Blink 182 albums, but this one is very good. Robert Smith is awesome. I liked this album and thought it is about time the band moved on, i like enema and dude ranch as they're fun albums but this album sounds much more experamental which is good. Definatly takes a few listens such is the case when bands change their sound, the same happened when Green Day released Warning- different but good. these forums crack me up. I think everyone who likes this cd is usually around 18-19, cause i started to like blink 182 in grade 9, and i've been liking them ever since, my taste in music has been evolving with every record they make. Ok after reading a fair few of the opinions and deciding my own, I am sort of split in my views about this album. Or it's simply inside the B. I found the H, open your eyes you jackass! For the love of the heavenly father below. It's fuck1ng music goddamnit. Leave all this punk shit alone for one moment of your lives. Who cares what the motives were. Robert Smith is talented and automatically gives Blink some cred with a band that were at the forefront of a scene that shaped what emo is today. If the album is good, let it be good. Don't get into selling out and shit. I stick with my bands and Blink was there from the start. Mainstream can be just as good as stuff in the underground. If you don't think bands like The Clash and Sex Pistols weren't mainstream in the UK you're a fucking retard. Maturing? Give me a break, this is just Blink 182 trying to jump on the emo bandwagon. They should have stuck to "pop-punk" I will say again after listening to this CD for a week that it is good. I didn't totally like it at first but after 3 days the whole CD grew on me and I didn't have to skip around. For those of you that say this CD sucks and that Blink has sold out I would like to ask you this, Have you heard any other song besides "feeling this" from this CD? Because that, I would say, is the weakest song on the CD. Pick it up and listen to it. I know some of you will still hate it cuz its not cool to like Blink. If you think about it those people are the ones that are the posers. Not the so-called pop punkers. Listen to what suits YOU! dear person from montreal, get ur head out of ur ass and fuc*kin admit that u love blink 182 and about all of these dam bands on this stupid page wouldnt be here if it wasnt for the band that u are criticizing because u just dont wanna admit that you love blink 182 along with all the other gay people in the world because by changing the way they did for this album, they aren't selling out, they're making their shit less marketable. "ooh, maybe if we put the cure in our linear notes, well get in good with the scene kids, who were all punk kids last year. you think, tom?" Ok put Blink aside. heheh, aren't we redundant... "2) Punk IS alive. Straight up, i'm gonna say that travis is a fucking kikass drummer and i hold him in very high regard as a musical powerhouse. Anyways, seeing as how all of u people are on here either to defend your punk cred, plug ur fave band, or just be an asshole, i figure'd i'd follow suit. It is in my opinion that PUNK IS DEAD! it has degenerated into a sorry nostalgia act for the socially accepted, pseudo-rebellious, credit card packing children of todays united states of america. I believe that "punk" (and i am aware of the taboo-osity of putting quotaiton marks around that word) yes, "punk" quite simply means thinking for urself, questioning authority and acceptance and tolerance for all walks of life. Why are we persecuting these casualtys of common american greed, all of you people are no better than they are coming on here. I come to this site to read up on bands i like, yeah, i liked blink in grade 8, i listened to them and greenday and the offspring and that kinda stuff, but i never called them "punk" bands. I really only identified with it when i started listening to bad religion. Damn, i'm rambling, oh well, this album is okay for pop-punk, kinda pretentious, kinda repetative, but at least it's not the same as the last album. Anyways, let's stop the hatin'! and start lovin' one another! If the whatever "punks" left in this world fight and bicker amoungst themselves then it's the enemy (whoever that is) that wins... travis still kiks I had a strange dream about Lars Frederiksen last night. Yeah. I hate pop punkers. Fucking pussy fags. I have to hand it to the three guys that got me into the music I will listen to for life. ...so many people care more about the politics of a band, as opposed to the actual talent they possess. douches... Props to the guy two posts below me. By The Way Great Review. Hahaha...Just sad. honestly if this was a band's debut i would think its a damn fine pop-punk debut, certainly better than that Starting Line shit. This isnt punk, its pop, and most people are saying its good just simply by comparing it to there older material. If this was a new bands debut, damn would this be generic as shit. but since its head and shoulders above there other "music" you all think its great. Fuck this. Listen to Justin Timberlake instead, hes got better lyrics, and is cuter. "Yes. The latest issue of Kerrang with Blink on the cover. Apparently, Mark was really upset about not being included in Box Car. He talks a lot of shit on Tom and all Tom says is that there will never be another Box Car album. "what are u talking about? of course blink did. thats why like 90% of their songs use the word punk and are about their wives and girlfriends, not to mention they use the same fucking 4 chords in every song. and u wanna talk about selling your image? the people in blink have their own fucking clothing lines. "be punk! dress like us!" rancid sings songs about punk topics like politics, sticking up for yourself, unity, etc. rancid doesn't have to pretend to be punk cus they are. blink really never changed their sound, true, but they've been all about image the whole fucking time, and they've always sucked." I can't help but wonder if the moron calling Blink clowns intentionally signed his post as "NFGrawker," or if he truly is that stupid. "Is there some documentation of this? Just curious if there was some Blink "drama" and I missed it?" "anybody that listens to this CD is fucking annoying and is an asshole. these are the simple facts, live with them, fucklers." "Mark caved in after months (most likely)" "anybody that listens to this CD is fucking annoying and is an asshole. these are the simple facts, live with them, fucklers." "Also, TRUE Punk Is Dead." anybody that listens to this CD is fucking annoying and is an asshole. these are the simple facts, live with them, fucklers. I'm am seriously pissed off from this shit! Mark caved in after months (most likely) of pursuasion to jump on to the "emo-fucker" bandwagon that all the kids are so fond of. Fuck him, fuck them,... FUCK THAT!!! Also, TRUE Punk Is Dead. The CD isn't completely terrible but I think they tried too hard to make it different and it just ended up sounding like a Box Car Racer CD. Listen to track 12 with the lead singer from The Cure. Best song on the CD. i haven't heard this cd so i wont give it bad score for that but to say blink is more punk than rancid is refuckingtarded so this score is for that comment i can think of 10 bands (that many of you listen to) off the top of my head that blink 182 is way fucking cooler than: Blink 182's management has confirmed that there is actually no H on the cover, no matter how hard you look. "I FOUND THE H!!! For those of you looking for it on the cover of this album, it's inside the B in Blink. Me 1, World 0." i feel like some kid named dominic wrote that weird comment a few down from here. I FOUND THE H!!! For those of you looking for it on the cover of this album, it's inside the B in Blink. Me 1, World 0. fuck this shit, enema was a good album. Scott Raynor kinda sucked. Can anyone decipher whatver the hell the idiot below me is trying to say? Its like surfer-gone-deep jibberish. I think this albums is just what we needed from Blink 182. "Kinda reminds me of when F2F released Ingorance is Bliss. Good stand alone album, but doesn't flow well with the rest of F2F's albums (IMO)." as my only statement about this: they will never top the song cacophony. ever. Let's just get one thing straight... Lizzie McGuire is fucking awesome. Totally great stuff there. Wow, i't just a fuckin album. Why is everyone getting so ippidy over this? The Fallen Interlude was produced by Sick Jacken. Neither Shadow or Dan the Automator ended up working with Blink, they were just ideas that never worked out. The UK b-side (Not Now) was produced by Jerry Finn like the rest of the songs. Tom Delonge has commented on Bush on several occasions. This is not quite Bush, but all I could dig up on the spot: Tom --> "It's an absolute joke; his fiscal policy is laughable and his politics more than dubious. It just goes to show how stupid everyone in California is. People are voting for him because he's famous; it's that simple. I think Tom McClintock is the man - he seems to know more about what he's doing than anyone else. I'd vote for him and I'd vote for Hilary Clinton if she ever ran for president. I'd vote for her in a second." i'd like to see blink talk about why george bush sucks, but i bet they got too big of tax returns to realize whats fucking wrong with our government... "by Dan The Automator you're probably thinking of DJ Shadow. and no, he didn't do the Fallen Interlude, he's producing a track that's only going to be on the UK release." Hey I like this album.. for what it is. But if I had never heard anything by Blink in my life and you played me this album and ..oh.. say, Dude Ranch or hell, even Enema and told me they were the same band, I would tell you that you are full of shit. "Is "The Fallen Interlude" the track that Dan the Automator produced? Does anyone in Blink 182 actually contribute to it musically? Can someone who bought the CD tell me? THANKS!" Fuck Reggie and fuck Blink. Fuck the Get Up Kids. That should solve your woes. to the freakin retard below me. i can bet you almost nobody here likes good charlotte, simple shit i mean plan, or new found glory. i hate drive-thru records. but if you're going to insult it, at least get it right. its drive-THRU, not drive-in. i love blink. but there is no way in hell they are better than rancid, brand new , taking back sunday, reggie and the full effect (saying this band was freakin blaspemy, considering reggie is from the fucking GET UP KIDS) or coheed and cambria. as for h2o, who cares? you act like there all sorts of talk about how awesome they are. i couldnt tell you how the people on the site feel about them one way or the other. hm... "Blink always sucked. Even when they were a derivative pop band that hadn't sold out..." i can think of 10 bands (that many of you listen to) off the top of my head that blink 182 is way fucking cooler than: indeed i think the only thing left for the world to look forward to is a blink 182/michael jackson co-headlining tour. "Good review, MAYBE I'll give it a chance...okay, I have to since I'm posting, right? Oh, dude, keep that card, yr pick is so tasty, don't toss a gem like dat! Hey, anyone notice that Tom finally put some attitude in his voice? 'Bout time something in this band can match Travis' hands. Aight, that's that. Latr." It's not bad ...it was about time that the others in the band could match up with the talent of the drummer before he got away to find better and serious musicians!! "i liked this album, i really did....then i realized i wasnt some stupid, TRL watching, trendy ass 13 year old girl" Good review, MAYBE I'll give it a chance...okay, I have to since I'm posting, right? Oh, dude, keep that card, yr pick is so tasty, don't toss a gem like dat! Hey, anyone notice that Tom finally put some attitude in his voice? 'Bout time something in this band can match Travis' hands. Aight, that's that. Latr. Why am I sitting here looking at a Drive-Thru Records banner on Punknews.org? Someone might want to check the temperature down in hell... Final Fantasy X-2 look awsome man, how could you say its lame? ah dude the demo rocks. :( sad. Oh well. "i liked this album, i really did....then i realized i wasnt some stupid, TRL watching, trendy ass 13 year old girl. Blink 182 pisses me off, they confuse people about punk, kids think this is punk, and it really warps their littel minds, because they are left with the totally wrong impression." sory for the stupid typo. I know, it should be "their," not "there." I have only heard "feeling this," so far, but it already looks like this will be a very very very significant imrpovement over there previous works. Blink always sucked. Even when they were a derivative pop band that hadn't sold out... How did Michael Jackson get into trouble? 'not now' is the best song on the album. too bad its only on the uk version... tom shines as a musician in it. by Dan The Automator you're probably thinking of DJ Shadow. and no, he didn't do the Fallen Interlude, he's producing a track that's only going to be on the UK release. i liked this album, i really did....then i realized i wasnt some stupid, TRL watching, trendy ass 13 year old girl. Blink 182 pisses me off, they confuse people about punk, kids think this is punk, and it really warps their littel minds, because they are left with the totally wrong impression. wtf? logarithms?!!! AHHHH high school memories!!!! Yet again, Blink seems to be the most popular review. They still rock. Is "The Fallen Interlude" the track that Dan the Automator produced? Does anyone in Blink 182 actually contribute to it musically? Can someone who bought the CD tell me? THANKS! if i had my calc book with me, i would give you all a good triple integral to solve. perhaps when i get home... stay tuned. My god...so many fucking comments... It really is a great album. Fans who grew up with blink but have moved onto to musically developed groups of the indie or post-punk genre will like it. Top secret! did you know to get.. no sirrrrrr. what!!! logs arent that cool. i can do something cooler. I am actually surprised at how tolerable this album is. what?! log battle! 1/3log(2x 1) 1/2[log(x-4)-log(x^4-x^2-1)] = These blink 182 guys are just plain silly! singing songs about boners and farts.. this guy totally needs to take writing classes. i think he has the grammar down, but jesus christ there is no flow to this. a good writer can make anything at least interesting to read. i have yet to see this from scott. i really hope you are still in high school...maybe a junior. otherwise, if you are over 19 and go to college..i say..YOU HAVE WASTED YOUR MONEY. yo. blink 182, shit i kinda liked you. i was kinda younger, maybe 14 ya know. so i grew out of it, and it no longer appeals to me. thats what happens fellows, you grow up. now some people never grew out of this band, which is fine. they are just people who will always like this type of music. i hated rap when i was 14. now i love it.. dont know why i hated so much then. BUT ANYWAYS. blink 182 is just a band who plays really generic pop punk music, but they got popular doing it. so whatever, they are richer, and probably bone hot chicks. man.... I got a fever, and the only cure is more cowbell. I happen to think this is by far the most listenable blink cd to date. I was hooked from the first listen. Check it out before you make any bold statements. i shit blood when i eat taco bell Good review. Haven't heard it but kind of want to now. But does anybody else find the whole cowbell joke to be really overdone? How about a tambourine or a sousaphone or something? yea, talkin shit on pizza lunchables on this site should be a punishable offense. some fucker better not be hating on the lunchables, or else there will be trouble. I know you aren't talking shit on pizza lunchables... Yes I will revoke your punk card. Then I will send you to fat camp. Are you "feelin this?" Go back to your capri sun and pizza lunchable, cuz its almost time for bed. that is a special mtv price for some shows "They only thing that keeps them going these days are the tredny little 14 year olds who will buy thier albums and pay the inflated ticket prices to see them." "revoke your punk card? you truly are a fucking idiot you know that? and go get some better taste in music besides these clowns. i agree, while i didn't really get into their last two albums (you know, they were so mainstream and all and its wrong to like things that are popular), i heard this one online and actually enjoyed it. track 9 and the robert smith track are really good. "revoke your punk card? you truly are a fucking idiot you know that? and go get some better taste in music besides these clowns. heh, this review has to be a joke. revoke your punk card? you truly are a fucking idiot you know that? and go get some better taste in music besides these clowns. Null? That's maybe the first intelligent 4-letter word I've ever heard Tom say. Sounds like Blink finally hit puberty. Good for them. Great CD "I am embarrased to say the first time I heard this song I kind of liked it" good review thanks for not killing them off the bat. i get pissed when people just say bands suck because its the "punk" thing to do.. although cheshire cat might have been there best. Thier lame attempt to progress using electronic parts on their new song makes this pretty sad. "In other news, everyone go buy the new Jay-Z album." ok, mixed feelings about this album, i'm 26 and have been a blink fan since dude ranch, and i'm kinda stuck with them through the bad times and good. but this album, on first listen didn't do anything for me, the fifth listen it clicked. this is good stuff,very good stuff. just hope they don't fade because the kids don't understand whats happening to blink. the man can't tell us tell us how to live it's not his place and we're not his fucking slaves. Blink blow plain and simple to the guy below .. you are a fucking moron. I'm not giving them a bad review because I haven't heard the whole cd. Basicly, Blink-182 is getting all sentimental which is probably the way it is for punk now. Theres a musical trend with Good Charlotte and Simple Plan for making soft sounds like 'Feeling This'. Not really any different then that. If I had to choose between the lesser evils, I would choose Good Charlotte because they basicly copied their format but I wish Blink would at least try doing something new. The song 'Feeling this' lyrics are kind of a lighthearted description of what nasty things that guys (forget his name) is going to do to his wife (i assume its about his wife) when he gets her in bed. Hold her..kiss her...its stupid. I am embarrased to say the first time I heard this song I kind of liked it so thats off my chest. It gets dull after a while but over all the song is medio-core (heh)as in not bad but not good. I don't want to hear the rest of the cd because I'm afraid of listening to it. But at least he's not copying over peoples voices anymore. Download a few songs and buy the cd if you like it. I not a big fan of pop punk in case you are wondering. Its definatly not essential because they appeal to a different crowd. Yeah I'm not 2 big on drummers that try and be a seperate entity from the music. Everybody on earth already knows that Barker is the pimped out drummer of the year. Biting Dave Grohls part in that one song, isn't gonna change anyone's mind about the guy. Heres a hint for you travis keep practicing and pimping yourself in Puff Daddy Videos and DO NOT DESIGN ALBUM COVERS. Jesus that cover is weak. Also I disagree with the person who said this Blink is up there with the new Strike Anywhere disc. I'm not one of those Blink Bashing kids, but lets be honest here. "Infrared" off Exit English is worthy of at least 4 songs on this disc. I don't even mind this record. But still I don't agree with placing it on the same level as the new Strike Haha...to the guy below me, if this were released under some indie label, no one would give a shit and leave them to bit the dust. Although this is a departure from Blink 182's "pop punk" sound, which I can applaud them for, it is still annoying as shit and their "innovations" aren't anything new. This is mediocre at best. In other news, everyone go buy the new Jay-Z album. Can people shut the fuck up about 'is or isnt' this punk. You peopole call shit like NOFX punk and then whine about mtv bands like simple plan. They all sound the same to me. Same chord progression. Same drum beat. Same mopey dumbass lyrics. If all these bands had made thier records on indie labels you assholes would have gobbled that shit up. But now you dont want to be like everyone else, even though you secretly love this sugary sweet crap. It fucking sucks dong either way...no matter what label its on. Stop lying to yourselves. I remember when this shitty band first started when I was in highschool and they filmed that stupid video for "Josie" at my school.....I think I was 15 or 16.....anyway, shitty pop music. When you diss a band, use proper grammar. As in say right instead of write and they're instead of there. "No band that slags off Fugazi for charging too little at the door will ever get a dime from me. cool art, though the band probably didn't have much to do with that..." This album stood out hands down as one of their best albums to date. As far as the "it's not even punk music" thing, who cares. They obviously listen to more than punk music and have enough of an open mind to incorporate different styles of music into each song. To me, it's more appealing when the band can write solid, catchy songs while drawing upon a bevy of influences, instead of trying to sound exactly like some shitty 80's punk band. And look at it this way, at least they didn't go 70's gay, um...garage rock on us. "I agree with the guy who said you guys need to discover Dillinger 4" No band that slags off Fugazi for charging too little at the door will ever get a dime from me. cool art, though the band probably didn't have much to do with that... i agree that the H is part of the right eye Nope; the "H" is there. I called up their manager Rick and you have to look for it. "I hate this site." very good review. I love how most of you just say that you hate the record without mentioning it at all. Kinda funny, I think you haven't heard it yet. Get a life, you fucks. I hate this site. I'm glad that somebody actually mentioned that Tom at least used to sound like a Ben Weasel rip off. Seriously, the first time I heard Blink I figured they were a younger, faster rip off of Screeching Weasel. they didn't do the H because they only intended on doing an octave? I REALLY doubt that. Ok, i don't care now, i'm just gonna give you my opinion, and it differs alot from the majority of the posters here. I bet 90% of the fucks posting here haven't even listened to the whole cd. if they had, they would agree that this album rocks. it flows nice. and yes, "feeling this" was probably the worst track o nthe whole disk. im glad im not the only one that thinks tom sounds like chris. im an old blink fan and i can say this is mabye the best cd they've released thus far. i dont know if it's better than dude ranch simply because of what dude ranch means to me (8th grade, getting into this type of music, good times). this album is fantastic. it's what i want to hear right now. i've always been a fan of blink and never cared about what anyone said about them because i liked them and thats all that mattered. Blood_Brothers_Are_Good LOVES the cock. and i don't care how i spell things on the internet... I agree with the guy who said you guys need to discover Dillinger 4. Cause you do. Not that I particulary hate blink fans for liking blink nor do I have any personal vendetta against blink themselves as people. Their music just sucks. To me at least. to each his own I say. "Hey Ya" is stil more punk than this shit. Call me up when both singers get throat surgery and their melodies are less annoying. Better than you might think,pretty cool-oldpunker- Damn, Travis totally rips off Dave Grohl's drum part from a QOTSA (I think Song for the deaf) at the beginning of Violence. I'm not digging this album. as far as the letter thing If you don't like this record, I will come to your house and punch you in the face with a brick. Please send your real home address to ikillbandbashers@punknews.org okay, to be honest i've heard 3 songs from this album... feelin this, stockholm syndrome and some other song they play a lot on the radio.. THEY ALL THREE SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME FUCKING SONG!!! tom blurts shirt out (non-melodically) and mark sings shit in the background. its pretty shitty.. and he said tom's vocals have never been better than on the bridge to stockholm syndrome... WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT????? that doesn't make any sense. this was a really good review. good job guy. this cd is awesome. i don't really have much else to say... i rate it as highly as the new strike anywhere record, and it's better than anything slayer has ever done. Sounds like you kids need to discover Dillinger 4 and get with the program. This band hasn't had a single thing to say other than "we're funny!". yea..i got the cd today, its good...but theres something even better out today and it features travis...THATS RIGHT...THE AQUABATS "SERIOUS AWESOMENESS" DVD!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2573805872&ca tegory=2252 I bought this album today, and I still don't know what to think. The hook in Feelin' This is glued to the listeners cranium after two listens, I give em' that. Anybody remember the post for the Blink/Bad Astronaut tour? Whats the story on that one. The only thing worse than this shitty cd is the bunch of people who like it and feel they have to explain what being 'punk' really is 'supersize my blink, yo!' "Who said you ever had one anyway?" I never thought last year I'd be saying this, but I'm enjoying this album more than Good Mourning. the blood brothers kid lost any and all credibility when he said absolutepunk is a better site than this. stupid question time... jesus christ can all you 15 year old tools licking the balls of tom, mark and travis just stop? this has always been a horrible band and no, i never liked dude ranch or whatever album it was before you posers said they started to go downhill. just b/c they're trying something different doesn't always mean its going to be good and robert smith does not save this record. Good album. Way different than anything they've ever done. Not so different from Box Car Racer, but still has a different (Less OMDB) feel to it. "Ronald is no stranger to rap music." That anti-mcdonalds website is great there is sorta an "H" formed by the paint at bottom left corner i believe by parent advisory sticker... stupid question time... as i figured, i have ben getting shit for saying i liked blink 182. and especially for saying they are good musicians and a "cut above the rest of the pop-punk bands" stupid question time... slightly changing your songwritting style to a different set of chords doesn't make you any better. i paid 9 dollars for this record...well worth it...eventhough the last record was mediocre at best This score is partly for the album (which I bought today for cheap and am liking way more than I thought I would), and mostly for those who have the balls to admit that Blink has matured and written a solid album. Namely Scott, mad props on the review dude. "you grow out of every type of music...thats just how it is." "Revoke my punk card if you must; I never wanted it anyway." I think the arrows are pointing to the direction of different McDonald's locations you grow out of every type of music...thats just how it is. "This record is great! Best of the year! Good thing it came out this year, cuz 2004 belongz 2 g00d CharloTt3 n S1mp3l pLan! Im listening to muder by death and still love the new blink cd. Pretentious assholes are usually wrong and too afraid to admit it, this is a good cd. Final Fantasy X-2 is the shit! The guy below me is right; 99% of the scorn for this band comes from the fact that they got big and successful without your permission. I agree with Daegen, go buy one of the Murder by Death albums, they are better than whatever you are listening to now. If Blink was some indie band all you people who talk shit about them, would be praising the shit out of it. I've been a hardcore blink fans for years now, and when i first heard they were going to experiment a little, I was skeptical, but they have a done a damn good album. Stand out tracks: Go, Violence, I Miss You, Asthenia and Obvious. I think it's awful, but, at least they are trying new things. I cant ever hate that. it's from "Dammit" Can somebody tell me where "Well I guess this is growing up" came from? It was on that link to the other review; I've heard that quote before and I HATE IT. its good, nice to see them finally evolve after enema of teh state and the clone album that followed it. adams song=stay together...small things=first date, etc. the new albums sounds like better box car racer and blink w/ variety. and i'm sorry, but travis is fucking sick on the drums. I wish everyone would stop arguing and tell me where I can get this here punk card thing Alkaline trio give me trouble breathing. I wish everyone would stop arguing and tell me where I can get this here punk card thing i'm feeling this is an awful song. 'if you want make fun of me for it then go right ahead. i listen to almost zero pop-punk but blink 182 is a cut above all of the rest. plus if you've ever seen them in concert they are hilarious and also vry good musicians. ' Is this record so bad that the members of the band have to come here and defend it? I'm going to just be bold and say this right now, even if it's not the truth: Once again, it's hard to say, I'm just sick of commersalization. period. this band i think has finally broke out of their "boy bandish" image and into writing some tolerable music, leave the little girls at good charlotte let the jocks go to metal shows, give us back blink 182. i was being sarcastic about the cd cover We all know blink ain't no radiohead. They're not amazing musicians. I think they tried too hard on that album and they forgot what most people dig about them... their catchiness. In my opinion, vocals are less catchy. The hooks aren't there as they were on Take off your pants. This sounds more like a really good Boxcar racer cd than a blink cd. "Maybe not, but I know the difference between "there" "their" and "they're" and that's pretty fucking cool." Blink182's music is the reason I am still breathing, and their new album is exactly what the scene needs. I will forever be a very proud Blink182 fan. hey, scott didn't write this review. wtf. adam did. "o0oo0o0o0o0 look at me I think Blink write crappy songs there lyrics are cheesy and there a c-rate band! Can you write better lyrics and are any of your bands famous! i doubt it!" "Hey Deagean can you play any instruments?" eh stick with dude ranch...much better bands out there now..blink are way past their prime. we wrote this cd for ourselves. i am glad someone appreciates it. even if the kids don't enjoy it, atleast they listened. The symbol on the cover rips off Strike Anywhere and Social Distortion. Hey Deagean can you play any instruments? The album is untitled not self titled! The only member of this band with ANY talent whatsoever is Mr. Travis Barker. I have to agree with Scott on this one, something I grudgingly did after grudgingly listening to the stream and then the record itself. i just hope it's cool to like blink again, because hiding this tom delonge tattoo on my ass has been a real pain...not being able to wear those assless pants to the bar really throws off my game o0oo0o0o0o0 look at me I think Blink write crappy songs there lyrics are cheesy and there a c-rate band! Can you write better lyrics and are any of your bands famous! i doubt it! "Few bands you can name are as tight musically, especially live." my top 10 favourite bands are UK82 and 80's American Hardcore, yet I like this album... strange I love people who don't give music a chance just because they don't think a band will ever be enjoyable... give me hardcore screaming and chunky guitars any day, but every one of you knows you've found yourself singing along to one Blink song or another from time to time. Few bands you can name are as tight musically, especially live. Give them credit, they're living the rock dream with millions of fans and good songs, while you sit here dissing them, thinking you could do better when u know you can't. Did you mean metamorphosis? i thought a lot of things actually i totally thought the same thing! i thought it actually was the mcdonalds commercial. I thought it was just me, but if someone else heard that... man.. that's just sad! Oh, GregSka, about the McDonalds commercial, I'll refer you here. This score is for "air cowbell." The new Blink single is ABSOLUTE ASS. It sounds like they ripped it off the newest mcdonalds commercials.. except the mcdonalds commercials sound a lot better than Blink 182's single. They should just stick with the poop and pee jokes you, the moron below me, how old are you? 13? they're good musicians? blink is a cut above the rest? somehow i don't think that's actually complimenting them considering "the rest" are bottom of the barrel donkey feces. i like blink 182, always have, and will never stop. if you want make fun of me for it then go right ahead. i listen to almost zero pop-punk but blink 182 is a cut above all of the rest. plus if you've ever seen them in concert they are hilarious and also vry good musicians. make fun of me all you want, but blink 182 is a band i am not afriad to like, and this is their best album to date. i guess this is a step up.. but i dont think ill be buying it.... and come on though, "Revoke my punk card if you must; I never wanted it anyway." and "I have been a fan of the band for 6 years, and have never wavered even in all their "unpunk" practices" i mean dude, chill out... damnit! superdude killed it... and i think scott wrote the review. blink 182 sucked even on their older stuff........they were a c-rate band on those albums.....now they r better but they write incredibly cheesy songs my bad. you said one of the most essential albums of the year. that's still a stretch. this is the most essential record of the year and yet you only give it an 8. if this is the most essential record of the year, then 2003 has to be the worst year ever in the history of music. Eh.....im not feeling it....seems really forced....better than their past garbage...but by no means worthy of my collection. offspring - splinter is going to blow this piece of shit away actually this is how i would improve on the cover art: just b/c this album is different from their other work doesnt make it good. the song writing is nothing special and the lyrics arent anything special. Dave's comment was nice, but here's how I'd make it better: http://411mania.com/music/reviews/article.php?reviews_id=2269 That doesn't bother me. Hey, did anyone see something weird in the comments? Some guy said the review had been written by Adam.... Weird, huh? It was obviously SCOTT who wrote it. hey i cleared it all up write after i seen the mistake...read above peeps That cover makes me think of the PowderPuff girls. Superdude is almost the new insincere dave...almost. This was a good review, but here's how I would make it better: what an amazing cd cover. This record is great! Best of the year! Good thing it came out this year, cuz 2004 belongz 2 g00d CharloTt3 n S1mp3l pLan! Different but in a good way. At first I was a little bit ''what the F**K?'' but then it grows on you especially 'i miss you' which I think is a contender for the best on the album along with 'go'. In conclusion better than TOYPAJ and EOTS but no where near Dude ranch. Woody, Adam didn't write that! You better clear that up. I would just like to point out that Scott wrote this reviwe, not Adam... Hey, hey! SCOTT wrote that! There was a mistake below. This review was written by Scott. Adam didn't write the review, numbnuts! I wrote a MUCH more negative review of this... to person below, adam didnt write the review Yep i agree, they actually pulled it off, 'violence' is killer. Opps...good review scott Very good review Adam, I feel the same way about this album. It really suprised me and it was totally refreshing from the poop jokes. This is the worst review ever. I enjoy this record. Scott sums it up perfectly. Oh no no no!!!! Tom Delonge and Ben Weasel were NOT mentioned in the same sentence!!!! My brain hurts... Group of goofy kids haphazardly experimenting with sounds, while trying to sound like they're "growing up." Guess what? They failed. i can't in good conscience say that this album is amazing or anything, but it does prove that blink has the capability to put together some good songs. i've always enjoyed their music as catchy and fun, but in this case im actually impressed by them. Even if their next one sounds like Modest Mouse, this band sucks and always will suck. the rebirth of a band that many wrote off as long-dead I was hoping for a rebirth when Baron von Tito joined the band. He has amazing talent, but appears to have no good influence on music his bands create. cough transplants cough great album....i really dig the robert smith song I'm glad someone else noticed the Chris Broach similarity. That was the first thing I thought when I heard this song. Is it weren't for this classic album, I wouldn't be able to contine breathing... "One of the most essential albums of the year" I'm not feeling this. I am skeptical about this release i mean since it is blink, which i will admit chesire cat and budda and alot of dude ranch were good but then enema of the state came out which was downhill for them then they just kept going downhill but if this is as good as the buzz it is getting says then maybe i may check it out. scott- this review makes me want to listen to the album really badly. looks like i am stopping by the record store today. "Revoke my punk card if you must; I never wanted it anyway." Garrr.....I kind of like it. FortyMinutesWest doesn't care. |
